The Makapansgat pebble
The Makapansgat pebble or the pebble of many faces, is a 260-gram jasperite cobble with natural chipping and wear patterns that make it look like a crude rendition of a human face and is considered the first manuport. The pebble is interesting in that it was found some distance from any possible natural source, in the context of Australopithecus africanus remains in South Africa. Though it is definitely not a manufactured object, it has been suggested that some australopithecine, or possibly another hominid, recognized it as a symbolic face and brought it back to camp. If so, it may be a candidate for the earliest example of symbolic thinking or aesthetic sense in the human heritage.
Osservando tutti i modellini davanti a me non posso che sentirmi vicino a quell'australopiteco.
When watching at all my model I can't help but feel like that australopitecus.
Australopitecus 1: MHGA? MAHAG BTE PS3! BATTA MBRA!
Australopitecus 2: MBRA? M'BRY?
Australopitecus 3: LMAO